Allen's Foot-Ease Advertises Comfort for Tight Shoes
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to be shaken into the shoes. It relieves corns blisters and callous spots and makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It cures swollen feet and helps with un growing nails sweating and hot aching feet. Available at druggists and shoe stores 26c trial package free by mail Allen L’imsted LeRoy New York.
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Aliea
Allen
LeRoy
N. Y
Whale meat as food in Japan in high demand
The Philadelphia Record notes Japanese treat salted whale meat as a delicacy with 11 purchases illustrating demand. Whales caught near Korea are processed, salted, and shipped to Japan for sale. Nagasaki imported over 2,000,000 pounds of whale meat last year.
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Korea
Japan
Nagasaki
Philadelphia
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Other Vintage Ads
An old ad fragment references Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents, and includes various line items such as Sandy Pikes-Horrors, Billy remarks, and a claim about a man being 90 percent water. It also mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption, a Plumstead letter dated November 8, 1895, a quote from Lavater, a Fort Wayne to Chicago rail fare, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with a price, and other era marketing snippets.
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Sandy Pikes
Billy
Dowie Seeks Revenge Against Chicago Doctors and Papers
John Alexander Dowie denounced Chicago doctors and the press in a Zion Tabernacle address, vowing revenge after doctors faced alleged malpractice and criminal negligence tied to Mrs. Flanders's death. He assailed multiple newspapers and journalists as liars. He named Joseph Medill as a wicked, bad man who lied about Zion.
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Zion Scorea
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion Tabernacle
Flanders
Joseph Medill
Zion
Mr. Flanders
Dowie's Hotel and Hospital outrage at Zion followers
In a tense audience at Dowies Hotel and Hospital, a speaker denounced Lawyer Stevens as a liar and a introducer of a widow. He warned that Chicago papers would be driven from the field by Zion publications, and threatened Gov Tunner and the State Board of Health with financial responsibility for arrests of Zion workers in the Flanders case.
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Zion
Chicago
Stevens
Zion Morning Sun
Zion Evening Star
Paris press frets as Dreyfus crisis nears a peak
May disrupt France as Paris papers react to the Labori shooting. The Temps and Liberté denounce disorder and call for national reconciliation, while Journal des Débats and Figaro warn of civil war and the dangers of violence and hate amid the Dreyfus affair.
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Paris Preas
Paris
Labori
Temps
Dreyfus
Casimir-Perier
Liberte
Journal Des Debats
Pe Runa praised by women in letters to Dr Hartman
Miss Susan Wymar a Richmond schoolteacher in Chicago and Mrs Margaretha Dauben Racine Wis both report Pe-ru-na relief for female complaints Pelvic catarrh and changes of life are cited The letters urge contacting Dr Hartman Columbus Ohio for a free women only book
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Susan Wymar
Richmond School
Chicago
Ill
Hartman
Margaretha Dauben
North Superior St
Racine City
Wis
Pen
Pe-ruoa
Columbus
Peruna touted as universal cure for summer catarrh
Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio claims Peruna is an absolute remedy for cholera morbus cholera infantum summer complaint bilious colic diarrhoea and dysentery. In forty years practice he says he never lost a case and offers a free copy of Summer Catarrh to requestors who write for more details.
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Hartman
Peru
Columbus
Ohio
Sheriff White Expects to Die Amid Kentucky Turmoil
John Feland, a prominent eastern Kentucky politician, says Lexington meetings with Beverly White, Clay County sheriff, reveal that White believes his days are numbered. He claims Baker crowd may kill him when opportunity arises, and White asserts readiness with belt holstered revolvers and a bowie knife. He notes he might abandon Clay County but his family and the sheriff’s property remain there.
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Clay County
John Feland
Kentucky
Lexington
Beverly White
Tom Baker
White
Feland
Baker
Building Starts Again The Chicago Brickmakers Strike Ends
Chicago and Cook County building operations resume after a week long brickmakers strike ends. Both sides claim victory with yard owners accused of forming a brick trust, while manufacturers deny any such combination. The dispute drew in central labor bodies and contractors associations, muddling the strike’s original cause.
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Chicago
Cook County
Addressing Mrs Pinkham for Women’s Health Advice
The text argues that women should confide in Mrs Pinkham for private ills, noting her superior experience in treating women's diseases. It claims women speak more freely to a woman and avoid male doctors, who supposedly do not understand. It highlights silence and neglect among women despite needing prompt help.
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Mrs. Pinkham
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Eigin, UL
Morlieg Remedy Company
Montreal
New York
Boland Gifts
Drugnovo
Yarter
Uncle Sam
Western Points
Wabash
Tolono
St. Louis
Kansas City
P. E. DomBauGn
Quiedo
R. G. Tuourson
Fort Wayne
Ind
WobrscuoLaGeer
Detroit
Mich
Tuo’s Fou.en
Lafayette
Gro
D. Maxfield
Indianapolis
C.S. Crane
O'Farrell
Washington, D
Ree Box Chemical CO
Milwaukee, Wis
Fron. U
PLC
Hall
Lavater
Dowie
Dowie’s Hotel and Hospital
France
Susan Wym
Sapolio
Mrs
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
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